JPH0660073A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently attain an editing operation by providing a means which sets an attribute value at each character in a document, and a means which refers to the stored attribute value, and specifying the display state of the character according to the attribute of the character. CONSTITUTION:A control part 3 operates a necessary processing such as the update of the contents of a text buffer 5 and an attribute value buffer 7 according to an input from a keyboard 2. The attribute value buffer 7 holds the content of the attribute value applied to a text which is being edited. An attribute value file 8 stores the attribute value of the text to be edited, and the content is copied to the attribute value buffer 7 at the beginning of the editing operation. And also, the content of the attribute value buffer 7 is stored in the attribute value file 8 by the end of the edition, or the specific instruction of an operator. Thus, the display state of the character is specified according to the attribute value of the character, and a document management and edition processing using the attribute value can be attained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device. The document editing device is indispensable for describing a source program and is included in most information processing systems. Therefore, technically improving the convenience of the document editing apparatus is an important factor for the industrial development.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a document such as a program is input / edited, the content to be input is rarely determined from the beginning, and in many cases, it is necessary to repeat input / deletion / change many times. At this time, in many cases, a rough description of a temporary program or process is first described, and then detailed information is input later to proceed with editing.

An example of such editing work is shown in FIG.
Similarly, there is also a method in which a part of the text is copied from another similar program file, quoted, and a new program is edited based on this. Further, during editing work, when the library function name to be used or the like is unknown, a temporary function name is given on the spot and the input work is often continued.

[0004]

In each of these cases, an unedited portion remains, so refer to that portion later,
You need to edit it. However, when working with a conventional document editing apparatus, the editor himself must remember the position of a portion that needs to be edited later, or input a character string or the like as a mark. However, such an operation is troublesome and easy for the editor to forget, and thus hinders the editing work.

FIG. 18 shows an example in which a part of text is quoted from another program file and necessary editing is not performed. In the figure, the underlined portion is a portion copied from another program file. At first glance, you can't tell the difference, but if you look closely, you can see that the variable names are different, so the necessary edits have not been completed yet.

In addition, a document or program created in advance is often changed by another editor at a later date. However, in the conventional document editing device,
Since the date and time of change of the entire document and only the person who changed it can remember it, it is not possible to know when and by whom the change of a particular part was made.

In order to know this, a change history as shown in FIG. 19 must be separately created and saved. From Figure 19,
The file "test1.c" is the file "test
2. It has been changed to "c", and it can be seen that the changed portion is from the 9th line to the 11th line, but the work of creating such a change history is troublesome, and the change history is managed separately, There is also the problem of having to save.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an attribute value for identifying the character of each character in a document is provided, and this attribute value is set. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document editing device that can efficiently perform editing work by performing the document management / editing process used.

[0009]

According to the invention, the above mentioned objects are achieved by means of the patent claims.

That is, the invention of claim 1 holds an input device for editing a document, a control unit for performing a predetermined editing process in response to a command from the input device, and a document being edited. In a document editing device provided with a text buffer and a display device for displaying the contents of the text buffer, means for setting an attribute value for each character in the document,
The document editing apparatus includes means for storing the set attribute value and means for referring to the stored attribute value, and means for specifying the display state of a character according to the attribute value of the character.

Further, the invention of claim 2 is a document editing apparatus which is provided with means for searching a character having an attribute value that matches the specified condition by specifying a predetermined condition regarding the attribute value from the input device. The invention according to claim 3 is the document editing device, which is provided with means for issuing a warning sound or a warning message when a character having an attribute value matching the specified condition is found during the search.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is a document editing apparatus, which is provided with means for adding a predetermined attribute value to each character of a text portion copied or inserted from another document by an editing operation.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5, when a certain document is edited, an attribute value for specifying the editor is added to each character of the edited text portion. Is a document editing device provided with means for
The invention according to claim 6 is the document editing apparatus, which is provided with means for adding an attribute value for specifying the input date and time to each character in the document.

[0014]

According to the present invention, in order to improve the efficiency of editing work, the document editing apparatus is provided with the following various functions to greatly reduce the work load on the editor and to make the document editing apparatus very easy for anyone to use. Has been realized.

A. It has an attribute value that can be freely set for each character to be edited, a function to set and reference this, and a function to specify the display state of the character according to the attribute value. Thus, the user can easily find the corresponding portion by highlighting if the portion that needs to be changed later has a specific attribute.

B. In addition to the above function a, the user has a function of searching for a character having an attribute value that matches a condition specified by the user. As a result, the user can easily find the necessary part even for a very large document.

C. In addition to the function of b) above, at the time of performing a predetermined operation such as reading or storing a document, if there is a character having an attribute value that matches a predetermined condition, a warning is issued to the user. It has a function.
As a result, the user can recognize that there is a portion that needs to be changed in the document and can prevent forgetting to edit.

D. In addition to the function b), a function of adding a specific attribute value to a portion copied / inserted from another document or the like during editing is provided. As a result, the user can clearly recognize the quoted portion and can change the portion without forgetting.

E. In addition to the above-mentioned function (a), it has a function of adding an attribute value for identifying the input character to the input character. As a result, even in a document or the like edited by a plurality of users, the input person of each part is clarified, and the document management becomes easy.

F. In addition to the above function (b), it has a function of adding an attribute value for specifying the input time to the input character. As a result, in the case of adding content to the document later, it is not necessary to save the input history separately, which facilitates document management.

[0021]

FIG. 20 is a block diagram of a conventional document editing apparatus. The display device 51 draws a designated character or graphic at a designated position according to an instruction from the control unit 53. The keyboard 52 transmits the characters keyed by the operator of the apparatus to the control unit 53. The control unit 53 performs necessary processing such as changing the content of the text buffer 55 according to the input from the keyboard 52. The operation flow of this part is shown in FIG.

The internal storage 54 stores information necessary for the overall processing, such as the position of the cursor being edited. The text buffer 55 holds the content of the text being edited. File 56 stores the text to be edited and its contents are copied to text buffer 55 at the beginning of the edit. Further, the contents of the text buffer 55 are stored in the file 56 by the end of editing or a specific instruction by the operator.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the control unit 3 performs necessary processing such as changing the contents of the text buffer 5 and the attribute value buffer 7 according to the input from the keyboard 2. The operation flow of this part is shown in FIG. 2, the operation flow of the command expanded and changed from the conventional one is shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, and the operation flow for updating the screen display is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the attribute value buffer 7 holds the contents of the attribute value attached to the text being edited. The attribute value file 8 stores the attribute value of the text to be edited, and its contents are copied to the attribute value buffer 7 at the beginning of the editing work. Also, the contents of the attribute value buffer 7 are stored in the attribute value file 8 according to the end of editing or a specific instruction from the operator.

The file 6 and the attribute value file 8
Indicates that the relation is self-explanatory according to the file name or the like, or is a pair according to the instruction of the operator or the like, and is referred to at the time of reading and writing.

The configuration of the second embodiment can be explained based on FIG. Control unit 3 in the second embodiment
In addition to the function of the control unit in the first embodiment, the contents of the attribute value buffer 7 are searched according to an instruction from the editor, and the position of a character having an attribute value that matches the condition specified by the editor. Is detected and displayed on the display device 1. The operation flow of the command added in the second embodiment is shown in FIG.

A block diagram of the third embodiment is shown in FIG. In the figure, when executing the command, the control unit 13 checks whether the command is registered in the search data buffer 19. If it is registered, the attribute value buffer 17 is searched according to the specified condition, and if there is a corresponding character, a warning message is displayed on the display device 11. The operation flow of this part is shown in FIG.

The search data buffer 19 stores a search operation, a search condition at that time, and a warning message pair. An example of this data is shown in FIG. In addition, the keyboard 12, the internal storage 14, the text buffer 15,
The file 16 and the attribute value file 18 are the same as those having the same name as described above.

The configuration of the fourth embodiment can be explained based on FIG. In the control unit 3 in the fourth embodiment, when the editor instructs copying from another file or the like, an attribute value determined from the copy source is added to those characters, and the text buffer 5 and the attribute value are added. Store in buffer 7. FIG. 13 shows the processing flow of the command changed in the fourth embodiment.

The configuration of the fifth embodiment can be explained based on FIG. The control unit 3 in the fifth embodiment obtains the attribute value indicating the user name by prompting the editor to input the user name when the editing apparatus is activated, and stores the attribute value in the internal storage 4 To store.

An attribute value indicating the user name stored in the internal memory 4 is added to the input character,
The data is stored in the text buffer 5 and the attribute value buffer 7.
The operation flow of this portion is shown in FIG. The contents of the text buffer 5 and the attribute value buffer 7 will be stored later in the file 6 and the attribute value file 8, respectively.

The structure of the sixth embodiment is shown in FIG. In the figure, the control unit 23 adds an attribute value determined from the time obtained from the clock device 29 to the input character and stores it in the text buffer 25 and the attribute value buffer 27. The operation flow of this part is shown in FIG.

The clock device 29 is used by the control unit 2
It returns the current time in response to the inquiry from 3. In addition, the display device 21, the keyboard 22, the internal memory 2
4, the file 26, and the attribute value file 28 are the same as those having the same name as described above.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even if there is a portion that needs to be corrected / changed later, the editor can easily find the portion, which makes the editing work very efficient. Further, in the case of a document changed by a plurality of users, since the changed portion, the changer, and the change time can be automatically recorded, there is an advantage that the document update history can be easily created and managed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a control unit of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a load command.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a save command.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow of an attribute value setting command.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow of an attribute value reference command.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a display attribute value setting command.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation flow of screen display update of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a command added in the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a control unit of the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of search data used in a third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a command changed in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a control unit in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a control unit in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of inputting a temporary program.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a change is forgotten while being copied from another program.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a change history.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram of a conventional document editing apparatus.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a control unit of a conventional document editing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11, 21, 51 Display device 2, 12, 22, 52 Keyboard 3, 13, 23, 53 Control unit 4, 14, 24, 54 Internal storage 5, 15, 25, 55 Text buffer 6, 16, 26, 56 files 7, 17, 27 attribute value buffer 8, 18, 28 attribute value file 19 search data buffer 29 clock device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input device (2) for editing a document, a control section (3) for performing a predetermined editing process in response to a command from the input device (2), and a document being edited. In a document editing device having a text buffer (5) for holding and a display device (1) for displaying the contents of the text buffer, a means for setting an attribute value for each character in a document, and storing the set attribute value And a means for referring to the stored attribute value, and a means for specifying the display state of a character according to the attribute value of the character. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for searching a character having an attribute value that matches the specified condition by specifying a predetermined condition for the attribute value from the input device. 3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for issuing a warning sound or a warning message when a character having an attribute value matching the specified condition is found during the search. 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for adding a predetermined attribute value to each character of a text portion copied or inserted from another document by an editing operation. 5. When a document is edited, a means for adding an attribute value for identifying the editor to each character of the edited text portion is provided. Document editing device described. 6. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for adding an attribute value for specifying the input date and time to each character in the document.